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28 May 2015

Music site Gaana.com hacked over 10 million personal details exposedOne of India’s popular music streaming service Gaana has been reportedly hacked and its massive database, about 10 million users, has been compromised.

According to a report by The Next Web, the hack appears to be a SQL injection-based exploit of Gaana’s systems.

The hacker, who goes by the moniker Mak Man and appears to be based in Lahore, Pakistan, posted a link to a searchable database of Gaana user details on his Facebook page. Enter a user’s email address and it spits out their full name, email address, MD5-hashed password, date of birth Facebook and Twitter profiles and more.

The database shows more than 12.5 million users are currently registered on Gaana.Currently Gaana has taken its site offline and the exposed database isn’t returning search results

The exposed database has since been removed on Gajwani’s request. All Gaana users’ passwords have been reset.